From knights in heavy plate armor to tanks with steely shells, a thick armored casing alone was often sufficient protection in warfare for centuries. The advent of sophisticated missiles, though, has ...

The US Navy is on the hunt for long-range drone ships capable of operating in blue-water environments, a move that could ...

The U.S. Navy reached a major milestone in an effort to modernize its Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers when the USS Ted Stevens (DDG-128) completed builder's sea trials in late ...

Taffy 3—consisting of six escort carriers, three destroyers, and four destroyer escorts—was there to cover troops storming ...

Venezuelan F-16s flew over US Navy destroyer in Caribbean, U.S. official says. The Pentagon equates Venezuelan President Maduro's government to a narco-trafficking cartel. WASHINGTON − Two Venezuelan ...

The Times identified nearly 100 locations traversed by naval vessels across a two-and-a-half-month period to determine what ...

The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG-76) slipped quietly into the contested waters near Scarborough Shoal on the morning of Aug.13. As it pressed toward the edge of China’s declared ...

The destroyer fighting ship (not to be confused with the cruiser) is the workhorse of the modern U.S. Navy. The 75 destroyers in active service — which are mostly Arleigh Burke-class ships — are able ...